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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3064301, member: 82322"]I am curious if CoinTalkers consider this coin overstruck or countermarked? Unlike other countermarked issues a pair of dies were used. However the dies were very tiny compared to the host.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]769016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]769018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]769017[/ATTACH] </p><p>TROAS, Alexandria Troas, AE16 3.96g 261-246 BC</p><p>Obv: Bear head right</p><p>Rev: ?LE?A? horse</p><p><br /></p><p>Countermarked or overstruck with obv: 7mm helmet within circle of dots and rev: gorgoneion</p><p><br /></p><p>Host coin looks like <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51927" rel="nofollow">CNG e-95, lot 40</a>, of Alexandria Troas. SNG AUL 1460, Lindgren and Kovacs 322v, 261-246 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>In this state it reeminds me of <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23263" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23263" rel="nofollow">CNG 61, lot 264</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3064301, member: 82322"]I am curious if CoinTalkers consider this coin overstruck or countermarked? Unlike other countermarked issues a pair of dies were used. However the dies were very tiny compared to the host. [ATTACH=full]769016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]769018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]769017[/ATTACH] TROAS, Alexandria Troas, AE16 3.96g 261-246 BC Obv: Bear head right Rev: ?LE?A? horse Countermarked or overstruck with obv: 7mm helmet within circle of dots and rev: gorgoneion Host coin looks like [URL='http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51927']CNG e-95, lot 40[/URL], of Alexandria Troas. SNG AUL 1460, Lindgren and Kovacs 322v, 261-246 BC In this state it reeminds me of [URL='http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23263']CNG 61, lot 264[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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